Continental drift: Alfred Wegener's theory that the continents were once connected and broke apart and floated where they are today. Fossil: A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock. Pangaea: The continent that was made of all the continents.
Outline
Continental Drift:
once super continent called pangaea
evidence: landforms, fossils, and climate
Landforms:
land fits like a puzzle
mountain ranges and fields line up and fit
Fossils:
Animals that lived in one part of Pangaea lived in another part of Pangaea
Continents split leaving the two fossils in two different continents
animals like mesosaurus and lystrosaurus
also Glossopteris fossil found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, and Antarctica
Climate:
Found Plant fossils that live in hot places in a cold area
in island Spitsbergen (now very cold) scientists found warm climate living plants
Spitsbergen was near the equator
Scientists found that Antarctica once had glaciers.
Table of Contents
Drifting Continents
Vocabulary
Continental drift: Alfred Wegener's theory that the continents were once connected and broke apart and floated where they are today.
Fossil: A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
Pangaea: The continent that was made of all the continents.
Outline
Continental Drift:
Landforms:
Fossils:
Climate:
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